Fodder-binder and package-carrier



Patented Nov. 29, i898.

C. H. MARSTN.

FODDER BINDER AND PACKAGE CARRIER.

(Application filed Nov. 27, 1896.\

(No Model.)

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NITE STATES CHARLES Il. MARSTON, OF NORTH HAMPTON, NFV HAMPSHIRE.

FODDER-BINDER AND PACKAGE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,966, dated November 29, 1898. Application iiled November 27, 1896. Serial No. 613,587. (No model.)

To LLZZ whom it may con/cern.:

Be it known that I, CHARLES 1i. MARsToN, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Hampton, in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fodder-Binders and Package-Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has for its object the provision of simple, eifective, and substantial means for binding fodder, corn, and other grain, and which is particularly adapted for use as a handle or carrier for bundles, packages, &c.

A further object of the improvement is to provide a device of the character and for the purposes aforesaid which will be light, capable of being cheaply manufactured, easy of manipulation, either to be applied to or removed from the article to be bound, and which will obviate tying, wrapping, hitching, and like ways generally resorted to for securing the loose ends of a cord or rope after the latter has been passed around the bundle or article to be bound.

Other objects and advantages are contemplated and will appear in the course of the subjoined description, and to this end and for a full understanding of the merits and advantages and the details of construction reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanying drawings.

Vhen constructing and adapting the invention for any particular use, it is to be understood that various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention, an embodiment thereof being shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the device, showing it applied for binding fodder. Fig. 2 is a view showing the invention as it will appear when used as a handle or packagecarrier. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the device per se.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

The device or binder consists of a metal fastener l and a rope or cord 2, the latter being secured at one end to an eye 3 of the fastener and adapted to have its loose end secured to the opposite end of the fastener by being forced between the members of a clamp 4. The fastener is constructed of a single length or blank of wire of proper gage so as to withstand the strain imposed thereon when in service, and this wire blank is bent between its ends to form a handle or loop 5 of approximately elliptical form, and one end is bent upon itself, as shown at 4, providing a clamp to secure the loose end of the rope or cord 2, and the opposite end is recurved, forming a loop 6, and its extremity is bent to form an eye 3. The end portions of the blank curve in opposite directions and extend beyond the ends of the handle, so as to direct the rope or cord into the throat of the loop 6 or the clamp 4. The space between the members of the clamp 4 gradually increases toward its outer or open end, so as to receive the loose end of the rope or cord and bind the same by a wedging action.

When the binder is to be used for securing fodder, corn, or grain, the rope or cord is passed around the bundle, and its end portion is engaged with the loop 6 and is drawn upon until the bundle is held in a sufficiently close embrace, after which the loose end of the rope or cord is engaged with the clamp 4 by being passed into the space between the members and drawn upon to cause it to wedge therein. One hand grasps the handle 5 when the other is occupied in pulling or drawing the loose end of the rope or cord through the loop 6 and engaging it with the clamp 4.

When using the invention as a packageholder or parcel-carrier, the rope or cord after being passed aroun d the package is drawn through the end of the handle opposite the loop 6 and adjacent to the clamp 4, and when the bundle or package is secured sufficiently the loose end of the rope or cord is drawn into the clamp 4 and thereby made fast, the handle 5 serving as a convenient means for carrying the packages by, as will be readily comprehended.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

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Au improved article of manufacture, a adapted tomake running connection with the combined handle und binder constructed of Said loop when tightening the package or a single length of wire bent intermediate of bundle, and adapted to be secured by means its ends into L loop-shaped handle, and hzwof the clamp, substantially as described.

5 ing the end portions recurved or bent out- In testimony whereof I aiix my signature r 5 ward in opposite directions forming :t loop in the presence of two witnesses. and a clump subjacent to the handle and CHARLES ll. MARSTON. adapted to engage with the bundle or paeklVitnesses: age, and it cord permanently attached to the CALVIN PAGE,

1o terminal of the Wire forming the loop and M. ARCHIE MOYNAHAN. 

